The Member for Callide was the candidate put forward by the Opposition to chair the Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee, the same committee he will now be investigated by, over allegations made by Mr Seeney in Parliament yesterday that Mr Wellington deemed serious enough to warrant referral.

Mr Wellington this afternoon said there had been no supporting information or evidence offered to the allegations made by Mr Seeney, that items were placed on the agenda for the purposes of leaks, by the PCCC, over issues surrounding current Police Minister Jo-Ann Miller.

Mr Seeney yesterday called under privilege for Member for Sunnybank and Acting Chair of the PCCC Peter Russo be referred to the Parliamentary Ethics Committee for "inappropriately releasing information as part of a Labor Party factional brawl".

This afternoon, Mr Wellington referred Mr Seeney to the Ethics Committee for the allegations made, before issuing a stern warning to other MPs about debating issues of confidentiality, particularly Ethics Committee or PCCC matters, out of order.

"Members who deliberately or mischievously break that rule should be dealt with sternly by the house," Mr Wellington said.